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State · 1861 – 1890

Sultanate of Zanzibar

A state of 1861 – 1890 — 29 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Muscat and Oman. It was replaced by Zanzibar Islands and Zanzibar Protectorate. The atlas records 3 things within it — people 3. Its line of rulers holds 5 people. Its own article says it was replaced by People's Republic of Zanzibar.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
29 years
1861 – 1890
Rulers
5
the Sultan of Zanzibar
Most ground
28,600 km²
in 1861
Within it
3
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Sultanate of Zanzibar in 1861, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Sultanate of Zanzibar in 1861, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 28,600 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Muscat and Oman: 1820 – 1970Sultanate of Zanzibar: 1861 – 1890

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

  • Zanzibar Islands · replaced by
  • Zanzibar Protectorate · replaced by

How it ended, as its article says

Replaced by People's Republic of Zanzibar. Read from the article's section “History - End of the Zanzibar Protectorate and deposition of the Sultan” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

Jamshid fled into exile, and the Sultanate was replaced by the People's Republic of Zanzibar.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of Sultan of Zanzibar.

Majid bin Said · 1856 – 1870 · died in office, manner not recordedBarghash bin Said of Zanzibar · 1870 – 1888 · died in office, manner not recordedKhalifah bin Said · 1888 – 1890 · died in office, manner not recordedAli bin Said of Zanzibar · 1890 – 1893 · died in office, manner not recordedHamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar · 1893 – 1896 · died in office, manner not recorded186518701875188018851890
died in office
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Majid bin Said1856 – 187014 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar1870 – 188818 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Khalifah bin Said1888 – 18902 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Ali bin Said of Zanzibar1890 – 18933 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar1893 – 18963 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone

5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1856 – 1896. Only 40 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

18651870187518801885

28,600 km² in 1861, 28,600 km² in 1886; at its largest 28,600 km² in 1861. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963)
    flag, undatedFlag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Orange Tuesday
  • Emblem of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
    coat of arms, undatedEmblem of the Sultanate of Zanzibar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samhanin

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1800 – 18993 rows

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood29 years

    stood longer than 26% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held28,600 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 27% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • Rulers on record5

    has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 4 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Muscat and Oman · Linked · 1820 – 1970Muscat and OmanSultanate of Zanzibar · 1861 – 1890Sultanate of ZanzibarZanzibar Protectorate · Linked · 1890 – 1963Zanzibar ProtectorateAnglo-Zanzibar War · Linked · 1896Anglo-Zanzibar WarZanzibar Islands · Linked · 1964Zanzibar IslandsAbushiri revolt · In the article · 1888 · “This resulted in a native uprising, the Abushiri revolt, which was suppressed by the Kaiserliche Marine and heralded the end of Zanzibar's influence on the ma…”Abushiri revolt185019001950
in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q157904 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.